#CCC456#CCC456

#CCC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.132 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC456
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -11.13, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 56.14, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0343 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.132 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3230, 52.9906, 16.5904)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC456 #565ECC

analogous

#CC8956 #CCC456 #99CC56

triadic

#CCC456 #56CCC4 #C456CC

tetradic

#CCC456 #56CC89 #565ECC #CC5699

square

#CCC456 #56CC89 #565ECC #CC5699

split-complementary

#CCC456 #5699CC #8956CC

monochromatic

#817B27 #B0A735 #CCC456 #DAD485 #E8E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CCC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC456

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC456	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.132 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded589',
    500: '#ccc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc456;
$custom-light: #ded589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80538,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC456

secondary

#3E4388

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC456

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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